Unit3 I’m more outgoing than my sister
I. Language Goals:
I Teaching materials
本课时为中招考试第一轮复习中的复习课，教学对象为九年级学生。本单元是Go for it 八年级上册unit3。本单元的主题为“compare two people”，旨在通过有限的课堂实践活动，使学生复习巩固，能够比较两者之间的优劣。
II Teaching goals
In this unit, students learn to describe people or things in a comparative way.
Key words: tall, short, long, heavy, thin, smart, outgoing, serious
Key sentences: He has shorter hair than Sam. And he’s calmer than Sam.
Pedro is funnier than Paul. Tom is more athletic than Sam.
As you can see, in some ways we look the same.
It’s not necessary to be the same.

III Difficult and key points
Talk about the difference between two people.
How to compare two people.
IV Teaching method:
Task-based teaching method
V Teaching aids:
Multi-computer

VI Teaching steps:
Step1. Greeting:
Greet Ss, tell them what they are going to review today: compare the differences.
T: Hello! How are you?
Ss: I’m fine.
T: I’m very glad to hear that. Now let’s begin our class!
Step2. Lead in:
Show some pictures about people’s looks on the screen and ask some students: What does he/she look like? Try to help the students memorize the way to describe people. When the students answer the question, try to correct the mistakes. And write the key words on the blackboard.
tall, short, heavy, fat, thin, long hair, short hair…
Show other pictures about people’s personality on the screen. Use the same method to help the students memorize the words and the sentences.

Step3. Presentation:
Show some pictures in a comparative way. And ask the students to compare two people.
Tom is taller than Lucy.
Lucy is more beautiful than Lily.
Then let the students know that today’s topic is comparative degree.
Give the students several other pictures to practice comparing two people.
Ask the students to recall the rules of comparative degree.
1）单音节和少数双音节单词:
一般在词尾加“er”或“est”。 ( clean)
2）以不发音字母“e”结尾的单词:
直接在词尾加 “r”或“st”。( nice)
3）以重读闭音节结尾的单词，且词尾只有一个辅音字母时:
应双写这一辅音字母，再加“er”或“est”( fat)
4）以辅音字母+y结尾的单词:
应先改“y”为“i”,再加“er”或“est”(happy)
5）其他双音节单词和多音节单词：
都在其前面加“more”或“most”。(beautiful)
6）其他不规则的形容词。
Let the students memorize the rules.
Show the important words and phrases on the screen. Then, do a game. Divide the students into 4 groups, and ask them to memorize as many words as they can in the five minutes. And then, play a game. Let the students write the words and phrases on the blackboard, the group who write most words is the winner.
calm 镇静的，沉着的 outgoing 友好的，外向的
necessary 必要的，必须的 primary 初级的，小学的
through 虽然，即使，纵然
in some ways 在某些方面
look the same 看起来一样
more than 多于，超过 in common 共有，公有
be different from 与。。。不同
be good at 擅长
the differences between A and B A与B之间的区别
most of 大多数 stop talking 停止讲话

Present the important sentences on the screen, ask the students to read the sentences by themselves, and then read in groups. After that, tell the students the knowledge about passive voice, make sure they have mastered it.

Step4. Practice：
1. Give the students some questions about comparative degree, select some exercises from the HSEE paper, and let them do the exercise together.
1). -Let’s buy some cards for our teachers on Teachers’ Day.
-Why not make some by hand? It’s much___.
A. interesting B. more interesting C. the most interesting
2). -What a hot day!
-The weather report says it will be even ___ tomorrow.
A. cooler B. hot C. hotter
3).-Remember this, John. ___ careful you are, ____ mistakes you will take. -Thanks, Miss Rose. A. The more; the less B. The more; the fewer C. The less; the fewer4).This blue bike is too expensive. Could you show me a ____ one? A. cheap B. cheaper C. better 5).It is ____ to teach a kid the way to solve a problem than tell him the solution directly(直接地). A. helpful B. more helpful C. the most helpful
6).This reading is not ____ that one.
A. as easier as B. so easy than C. as easy as
7).Who is _____, Ann or Mary?
A. thinnest B. thin C. thinner
8).The girl is becoming ______.
A. more beautiful and more beautiful
B. much beautiful
C. more and more beautiful
9).Ann is _____ of the two.
A. taller B. tallest C. the taller
After doing the exercise, ask the students to talk about the knowledge in the question.
Step6. Writing:
Ask the students to write a short passage about comparing their two friends.
Step7 Homework:
Finish the composition.
VII 课后反思：
本节课是一届复习课。针对本节课目标， 设计了各种活动来训练学生说，读，背，写等各个方面的能力，复习巩固了本节课的重难点知识。教学任务面对各个层次的学生，使学困生能够尽量追赶上来。并且能结合能将生活与课堂教学在一起，让学生能够更感兴趣。